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(Vatican Radio) Officials say four soldiers have been killed in the bloodiest battle in weeks between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The fresh fighting came after monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern about ongoing fighting in the region that has plunged ties between Russia and the West to their lowest level since the Cold War. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Kiev military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a statement Sunday that three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and another wounded in the battle for control of the key industrial town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine.The outskirts of the Kiev-held steel town close to the rebels' de facto capital Donetsk has seen some of the fiercest clashes in the 33-month war. Motuzyanyk told media that the firefight involved artillery and large-calibre mortars.A spokesman for the separatist forces said one rebel so...
(Vatican Radio) Prominent Mexicans are urging the Government to prepare a robust response to the proposals of President Donald Trump, to hit back against plans to build a Border Wall and to tax Mexican goods to pay for it.  James Blears reports about the rising groundswell of anger:  Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon urges: "We have to place US security issues under review, including the presence of US Agents on Mexican soil. Billionaire Carlos Slim is suggesting a program of substituting imported products and he`s proposing a BUY MEXICAN CAMPAIGN.  Presidents Enrique Pena Nieto and Donald Trump have spoken on the phone,  describing their chat as constructive and productive. Yet their planned meeting next Tuesday is scrapped, following President Pena`s categorical refusal to ever pay for a Border Wall, and President Trump`s tweeted reply there was NOT point to coming unless he conceded.  Now President Trump says: "I respect Mexico and...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Opening in theaters amid controversy over animal treatment on set and calls for a boycott, "A Dog's Purpose" still managed to earn $18.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday....
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- With enrollment in culinary institutes in decline and programs across the country closing their doors, schools such as the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont, which graduated celebrity chef Alton Brown, and the Culinary Institute of Charleston, South Carolina, are committed to staying relevant and in demand....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Two weeks after child welfare workers removed four children from a woman's suburban Pittsburgh home in June for alleged neglect, they discovered an even bigger problem: The woman has two other children who are missing, and haven't been seen alive for more than a decade....
PARIS (AP) -- Benoit Hamon, riding to victory from left-wing obscurity on a radical proposal to a pay all adults a monthly basic income, will be the Socialist Party candidate in France's presidential election after handily beating ex-Prime Minister Manuel Valls in a primary runoff vote on Sunday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump's immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country Sunday, with travelers detained at airports, panicked families searching for relatives and protesters registering opposition to the sweeping measure that was blocked by several federal courts....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Sunday tried to tamp down concerns about President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration order in the face of widespread protests, as some Republicans in Congress urged him to proceed with caution in the face of legal pushback. Top congressional Republicans, however, remain largely behind the new president....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday reiterated his closeness to the earthquake struck populations of Central Italy who are still suffering the consequences of the quake as well as the effects of extremely difficult weather conditions.Speaking after the Angelus Prayer to some 25,000 faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the Pope appealed to political authorities saying “May these brothers and sisters of ours never lack solidarity and  the constant support of the Institutions.”“And please: may no kind of burocracy stand in the way, causing delays and ulterior suffering” he said.  The Pope also recalled World Leprosy Day with an appeal to beat the disease but also to fight the discrimination it generates.Referring to the observance, marked annually on the last Sunday of January, he pointed out that  although leprosy is in decline, it is still much feared and it invariably strikes the poorest and the most marginalized persons.“I...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday dedicated his catechesis to the Gospel reading of the day  reflecting on the Beatitudes recounted in the Sermon on the Mount.He was addressing the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the recitation of the  Angelus prayer.The Gospel of Matthew, Francis said, is the keystone of the New Testament. It tells of how Jesus manifested God’s will to show man the path to happiness.He said this message was already contained in the words of the prophets who highlighted God’s liberating closeness to the poor and the oppressed.But Jesus, he said, points to a different path which exhorts us all to trust in God as Christian happiness is to be found in the promise of salvation.  Focusing on the first Beatitude “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”, Pope Francis said he who is poor in spirit does not rebel, but knows how to be humble, obedient, and available to the grace of Go...
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